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Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,179 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,179 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 27 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Draco X taxied to runway 16 at UT25 Monument Valley Airport and commenced the take-off run, covering a takeoff distance of 104 m (9 % of the runway). Liftoff was achieved at 45 kt. Ambient conditions were 21 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 140°, including a 2 kt cross-wind and a 3 kt head-wind component.
The initial climb began overhead UT25, climbing from 5 502 ft asl to 6 158 ft asl, an increase of 657 ft in 1 minute while covering 2 nm.
A level cruise segment started 2 nm south-east of UT25 and lasted 3 minutes, during which 6 nm were flown.
The next climb started 6 nm south-east of UT25, rising from 5 879 ft asl to 10 140 ft asl, a gain of 4 261 ft in 3 minutes and covering 7 nm.
A descent commenced 9 nm south-east of UT25, descending from 10 143 ft asl to 5 375 ft asl, a loss of 4 768 ft in 6 minutes while covering 10 nm.
Following that, a cruise segment began 6 nm south-east of UT25, lasting 6 minutes and covering 12 nm.
Another climb started 1 nm north of UT25, climbing from 5 704 ft asl to 6 618 ft asl, an increase of 914 ft in 2 minutes over 3 nm.
A short cruise then proceeded overhead UT25, lasting 2 minutes and covering 3 nm.
The subsequent descent began 1 nm west of UT25, descending from 6 564 ft asl to 5 619 ft asl, a decrease of 944 ft in 3 minutes while covering 4 nm.
The final approach to runway 16 was executed from the north, on a heading of 153.0° at 1 nm and 422 ft agl.
Landing on runway 16, which is 1 179 m long, the aircraft touched down with a threshold speed of 44 kt, a touchdown distance of 23 m and a touchdown speed of 44 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 327 fpm and the total landing distance measured 220 m (19 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good.
In total the flight covered 49 nm, required 27 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 59 kg of fuel.
Draco X established the final approach to runway 16 at UT25 Monument Valley Airport from the north, tracking a heading of 153.0° at 1 NM and 422 ft AGL. Local conditions were 21 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 140°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind.
The aircraft crossed the threshold at a good height and the threshold speed was a little below target at 44 kt.
Touchdown occurred 23 m beyond the threshold with a speed of 44 kt, both described as good, and the vertical rate was firm at minus 327 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance measured 220 m, representing 19 % of the 1 179 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
To bring the landing closer to the target, fine-tune the approach speed to reach the published threshold speed and refine the flare timing to soften the firm touchdown rate.
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